Terence Donovan, Baron Donovan

Terence Donovan Norbert Baron Donovan, PC KC (* 13. June 1898 in West Ham , † 12. December 1971 in London ) was a British politician of the Liberal Party and a lawyer , who several years deputy in the House of Commons , and most recently as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 when Life Peer was also a member of the House of Lords .

Life

Lawyer and Member of the House of Commons

After attending school, Donovan completed a law degree and was admitted to the Bar ( Inns of Court ) of Middle Temple in 1924 . He then took up a job as a barrister and in 1937 was also licensed as a lawyer in the Crown Colony of Southern Rhodesia . For his legal services he received the title of Crown Attorney ( King's Counsel ) in 1945 .

In the elections of July 5, 1945 , Donovan was elected as the successor to the conservative constituency holder Abraham Montagu Lyons as a candidate of the Labor Party for MPs in the House of Commons and initially represented the constituency of Leicester East . After the dissolution of this constituency, he was elected MP for the constituency of Leister North East in the election of February 23, 1950 . In September 1950 he resigned from his mandate and was replaced by the later Solicitor General for England and Wales, Lynn Ungoed-Thomas , in a by-election in April 1951.

Lord Justice and Member of the House of Lords

After his resignation as a member of the House of Commons, Donovan, who in 1950 also became a so-called "bencher" of the Middle Temple Bar Association, was appointed judge at the King's Bench Division at the High Court of Justice responsible for England and Wales in 1950 and held this judicial office until 1960. At the same time he was beaten to a Knight Bachelor degree in 1950 and since then has had the suffix "Sir". After completing this judicial activity, he was appointed judge ( Lord Justice of Appeal ) at the Court of Appeal , the court of appeals responsible for England and Wales, where he worked until 1964. In 1964, he was also appointed Privy Councilor .

Last Donovan was a Letters Patent from January 11, 1964 due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Donovan , of Winchester in the County of Southampton for a member of the House of Lords in the nobility called and worked until his Death in 1971 as Lord Judge ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ).

During this time he was chairman of the Interdepartmental Committee on the Court of Criminal Appeal in 1965 and chairman of the Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers 'Organizations ( Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Organizations ) named reports.

Publications

• Report of the Interdepartmental Committee on the Court of Criminal Appeal , 1965
• Report, 1965-1968. Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Associations , 1968
• The Donovan report. Engineering Employers' Federation , 1969

Web links

• Terence Donovan in Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-2009 in Peerages
• Proof of publication in the Open Library